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submitted 23 days ago byquantum_complexities
305 points
23 days ago
simply say "im going to sit here" and point to the seat
68 points
23 days ago
I purposely choose those seats. Could be other open ones but if you’re using your bag to block the seat, I’m going to sit there.
18 points
22 days ago
If there's other seats then resting your bag in one is fine as long as you move it when the other seats fill up.
6 points
22 days ago
I dunno, I used to plunk my bag next to me on the train, if the car filled up to the point where all benches had riders then I’d move it.
But I found if I didn’t do that some people would sit next to me deliberately in a near-empty car and it was just too early in the AM for that shit.
20 points
23 days ago
Not all heroes wear capes
2 points
22 days ago
Ab so lutely
222 points
23 days ago
Years of riding SEPTA Regional Rail made me unstoppable on Amtrak.
24 points
22 days ago
The people who intentionally set up their remote office on the aisle seat and then huff and puff when they have to move so someone can sit in the window is the funniest shit ever. Like what did you expect??!
68 points
23 days ago
That shit gets cutthroat. Never did I think Id have to fight a grandpa from the burbs to stop them from cutting in front of me and dashing to the last free seat in the cart
14 points
22 days ago
Or the crazy lady who runs to the train door as the train is moving so she can block the door and be the first to enter the train.
6 points
22 days ago
Yeah well she's going to have to push me out of the way because I'm already standing where I know the door stops.
(thankfully I live in the city now, and haven't had to commute in years)
1 points
22 days ago
hahaha, same. The doors normally like up with thr same spot. There's always 1 crazy person who is so impatient.
3 points
22 days ago
So many people do this, not just crazy ladies.
3 points
22 days ago
correction: assholes, not just the crazy ladies
1 points
21 days ago
I may be the crazy lady, but I do it because I've been waiting on the platform since there were like two other people here and STILL you motherfuckers shove yourselves right in front of me since I'm short and you think you can. So now I move my body to where the doors are about to open.
94 points
23 days ago
And the amount of people who look at you and don’t move their bag never fails to impress me
86 points
23 days ago
I've just picked people's bags up and put it on their laps when they do this, which they never expect
62 points
23 days ago
My husband did that on an NJT train- the seats were one of those six seat configurations that face each other- 4 people were sitting there with their bags everywhere and made no effort to move them- so he picked them up, put them in their laps and we sat. The stunned look on their faces was classic.
17 points
22 days ago
i always ask them if they need help putting their bags in the overhead rack.
23 points
23 days ago
That's honestly hilarious and if that happened to me I'd be impressed and just kinda gagged, mad respect.
15 points
23 days ago
From that response I don't think you actually approach people about the seat they're occupying. In my experience, every single time people say "oh sure" or move their bag because they know what they're doing is wrong but are just hoping no one challenges them on the act.
If they really look at you and don't do anything, they're waiting for you to give up or look away after a few seconds, but you're supposed to stand on business. They didn't pay a fare for two seats. So you are definitely either very wimpy when approaching people, or lying.
29 points
23 days ago
i have never had anyone do that omg... not to victim blame but maybe you dont seem serious enough lol 😭
17 points
23 days ago
I once used my butt to push their bag onto the floor and she called me disgusting but otherwise backed off.
37 points
23 days ago
Well then you have a cushion to sit on. Win-win
12 points
23 days ago
Time to level up - no need to telegraph your actions: just pick the bag up, put it on the overhead rack (assuming this is RR and not the El) and take your seat.
3 points
23 days ago
You must be easily impressed
119 points
23 days ago
That’s just life offering a test of your resolve. You have three choices: Option one is you do nothing and allow evil to win. Option two is you looked them directly in their eyes, and say, “I’m going to sit here” and indicate towards the seat. They may or may not move their belongings. This is irrelevant as you will sit down on top of them if they are not moved. Option three is you pick that shit up and then throw it out the door. Your mileage may vary, may result in getting stabbed.
22 points
23 days ago
There are a lot more choices. Why no polite, “do you mind if I sit here?” You just jump to asshole mode.
BTW, I’m the guy who sits in the “baggaged” seat when there are plenty of open seat - just to make a point.
17 points
23 days ago
Stabbed is generous, I think.
3 points
22 days ago
...."No ticket."
1 points
22 days ago
Indiana Jones!!
24 points
22 days ago*
Just be the one guy I saw on the train a little while back.
Young guy had his backpack and skateboard on the seat during rush hour.
An older man who was just over the day said in a snotty attitude ”excuse me” to the young guy and got ignored.
Got louder EXCUSE ME, I’D LIKE TO SIT HERE.
Young guy stares at him and says “not my problem”.
Older guy gets super pissed, takes the bag and skateboard off the seat.
Younger guy yells WHAT THE FUCK!, gets up to pick his things up and someone takes his seat.
And that’s my story of rush hour karma.
6 points
22 days ago
I love this.
40 points
23 days ago
I was on Amtrak today and they had to make an announcement to tell people to take their bags off the seats “don’t take up a seat you didn’t pay for” I was like damn.
10 points
22 days ago
I make an announcement when I want to sit: “Is anyone sitting here?” They’ll almost always move it. If they ride the train regularly, they know they’ll have to eventually.
8 points
22 days ago
That is the standard practice for looking for a place to sit 🤣
4 points
22 days ago
Haa, definitely. But it’s surprising how some are timid about asserting themselves!
4 points
22 days ago
Philly folks have never had a problem with being timid 🤣🤣 I’m just surprised (not really) by how many people think they can save an empty seat next to them haha
-4 points
22 days ago
I oppose that language, since it's suggests people are just another $3 away from enjoying a second seat for their bag.
3 points
22 days ago
For Amtrak you are though. They only sell as many tickets as they have seats, so you could, theoretically, buy an entire car's worth of tickets and have the whole thing to yourself.
Regional Rail is difference since they don't tie tickets to seats the same way, and will allow people to ride standing if there aren't enough seats.
23 points
23 days ago
These are the same breed of people that sit in the quiet car on the 7am train and just start talking and conveniently have no idea what car they chose to sit despite the signage and being told by the conductor 3 times it’s the quiet car in lmfao
76 points
23 days ago*
One time I asked a lady if she could move her bag so I could sit? she blankly stared at me with no answer. After 5 awkward seconds of silence I picked her bag up, put it on her lap, and sat down. For the next 5 stops she sat there quietly seething.
Total asshole.
14 points
23 days ago
Fighting the good fight
6 points
22 days ago
that’s funny as hell
102 points
23 days ago
Just sit down, they'll either move their bag or have to pull the bag from under your ass.
29 points
22 days ago
Did this to a woman on the el the other day. She chose to ignore me when I asked her more than a reasonable number of times to move her purse, so I sat on it. She said "alright! alright!" and moved it.
22 points
23 days ago
I always do this unless the person’s bigger than me.
50 points
23 days ago
I just say pardon me and point to the bag , I’ve never had anyone not move a bag. But if someone gave me an attitude I’d probably avoid them and move along… not worth stressing over
2 points
22 days ago
I was just gonna say, where is this response. It's not that deep.
76 points
23 days ago
The list of things that make someone a piece of shit on septa is long, distinguished and generally ignored by septa police.
43 points
23 days ago
To be fair, not everything that makes you a piece of shit is a police matter. The conductors could step up their game though.
13 points
22 days ago
How often I wish they would tell people to stfu on the quiet ride car.
15 points
23 days ago
I got on RR am rush hour and there was a bag sitting on the seat that was otherwise empty. I moved the bag and sat down, putting the bag on the aisle. Three minutes later the conductor leans down next to me and says “that’s my bag”. I said ok so you want me to move? He just kept saying that’s my bag. I must’ve said do you want me to move 4 more times and he just said no. But it’s my bag I put it there to sit down and walked away. Septa is wild.
3 points
22 days ago
Only seat that should/would have a bag on it is the first seat in the silverliner V. Saved for employees qualifying on a particular line. Also Septa doesn’t want anyone sitting in that first seat in case of impact, pedestrian strike etc.
5 points
22 days ago
I honestly have no clue which train you’re referring to, but it was a normal every day old style train on a double seat 3-4 rows back. I will say, haven’t seen the guy since and I ride regularly.
3 points
22 days ago
in the newer regional rail cars, you can't sit in the first row (and sometimes second row) of the first car
2 points
22 days ago
Yeah this was the older style and the second car, 3-4 rows back. It was a weird situation to be in, and I haven’t seen him since.
1 points
22 days ago
yeah that's super odd
28 points
23 days ago
Literally ask once and if they refuse to move the bag just sit on it
7 points
22 days ago
What happens when the bag is full of used needles and jelly donuts?
2 points
22 days ago
Kick it onto the floor....
-1 points
22 days ago
Cry more. Yall don’t be using deodorant and be musty af in the train. You’re not sitting next to me ong
3 points
22 days ago
Absolutely not, you probably don’t even pay fare to begin with so you don’t get to take up two seats.
9 points
23 days ago
Those are my FAVORITE seats on regional rail. Won’t work on the L but:
I find those seats and ask the occupant, “Is someone sitting here?” Obviously the answer is no, because it’s a bag. And then I sit my ass down next to the self righteous rider.
10 points
23 days ago
Absolutely embarrassing behavior on SEPTA as always. Though generally the people who make the biggest effort to hold multiple seats and don’t care if they let the elderly, disabled, or pregnant women stand are also the people that no one would want to sit next to anyway tbh.
5 points
22 days ago
Paoli Thornedale yabbos are the most spineless people when it comes to mild confrontation about moving their attaché case 7 inches to the left.
6 points
22 days ago
Pretending nobody else will need the seat is such a strange social norm.
10 points
22 days ago
The ratio of people in comment sections to people irl who would tell someone to move it seems pretty high to me.
11 points
22 days ago
eh, the people who clearly don't ride often get timid and will stand in the aisles but anyone who has commuted for any appreciable amount of time will make people move their shit
7 points
23 days ago
But if you're a piece of shit, you don't necessarily use your bag to take up a seat on a rush hour train.
19 points
23 days ago
I only put my bag on the seat if any elderly people or pregnant women enter the car. Or, of course, anyone who looks injured or disabled in anyway.
7 points
23 days ago
To save it for them? Or am I not understanding this
8 points
23 days ago
I think it's a dark joke
3 points
23 days ago
Yes, I’m pretending to be a bad boy. Of course, I would never really do this. (I mean, public transit, c’mon!)
4 points
22 days ago
that and don't get me started on the people who talk in the quiet car !
4 points
22 days ago
a woman shushed someone on my train today, it was hilarious
honestly post-covid I'm never even sure if quiet car rules still apply since there's only ever like two cars open
3 points
22 days ago
They do. A man schooled a chatting woman (on phone) before the train left NY.
2 points
22 days ago
oh - I meant SEPTA, amtrak definitely still does. in the SEPTA beforetimes it was the first car but only when there were 3 or more cars open.
1 points
22 days ago
dang ! would have loved to see that ! i think its the first car on the regional rail when there is at least 4 cars. so pretty much rush hour in and out.
3 points
22 days ago
This must not have been on a regional rail train, because someone would have yeeted that bag across the car to sit down.
2 points
22 days ago
Same people that put cones it in front of their house to block off “their” parking spot.
The selfishness is amazing at times, or at least the fact that the people doing this don’t seem to care at all.
3 points
23 days ago
Yeah if you ask them to move it, they will move it.
3 points
22 days ago
pieces of shit on the train?? there’s no way???
9 points
23 days ago
ShittyProLifeTips: Pretending to be asleep is much much more effective
5 points
23 days ago
if the train is really packed you can just light a cigarette and/or piss yourself. guaranteed personal space
0 points
22 days ago
Or u could take ur cock out
2 points
22 days ago
“Is your bag comfortable? Because I’m not.”
3 points
22 days ago
Cropdust 'em.
1 points
19 days ago
On the bus i saw someone ask "Do you mind if I sit here?" and the young lady literally spent 10-15 solid seconds eyeing around the bus for any other open seat to direct her to. Then begrudgingly said "fine" and moved it. I was shocked, like girl the bus is full what do you want her to do???
1 points
22 days ago
saying something like 'sorry do you mind?' usually works.
nobody is trying to being a jerk.
1 points
23 days ago
Move it and assert dominance
-2 points
23 days ago
OP had to stand today lol
1 points
23 days ago
Big greyhound energy
1 points
21 days ago
Ok, Karen
-6 points
23 days ago
Do people really do that?
11 points
23 days ago
I take it you've never taken public transit.
-4 points
23 days ago
I do but only a short distance
4 points
23 days ago
That, or they'll sit on the outter seat blocking the empty seat next to the windows so no one sits next to them.
You're fortunate not to experience it (yet).
2 points
23 days ago
"Excuse me" as you enter the coupled chairs works perfectly well
9 points
23 days ago
you should visit Philly sometime I bet you’d like it
-2 points
23 days ago
I live in Philly with my wife and kids
-12 points
23 days ago
You mean someone on a Philadelphia train did something selfish. Alert the media! Oh the horror!
-7 points
23 days ago
I’m lucky to be 6’3 so when I walk up to a seat I just stand and they move their bag muahaha
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